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The Ukrainian band Karta Svitu presented the song “In the Hotel,” dedicated to Kyiv and the special feelings that connect people to their native city. The composition mentions familiar capital views, the train station, airports, and the Ukraina Hotel. After the track’s release, the story received an unexpected continuation: the hotel team reacted to the song on social media and invited the band’s lead singer Ivan Marunych to visit.
The idea to write a song about Kyiv came to Karta Svitu’s frontman Ivan Marunych during a walk around the city. The musician admits that he had long wanted to dedicate a composition to the beloved capital, but waited for the moment when the right words would come.
“I would like the song ‘In the Hotel’ to support everyone who is in Kyiv right now, and everyone who cannot be at home for various reasons. If this track inspires someone to write or call friends in the capital — that would be a good result. Or if it motivates people to come to the capital to support or stay nearby in these difficult times,” the musician noted.
Since its premiere, the composition has begun to collect listener feedback on social networks. One Instagram video set to this song has garnered over 100 thousand views.
Among those who responded to the release was the Ukraina Hotel team as well. Initially hotel representatives left a comment under the band’s post, and later invited Ivan Marunych to visit in person, meet, and offered a location for filming.
“Well, I also had coffee in the morning, because it’s mentioned in the second verse. In addition, we shot a bit of video, which you can now see in our social networks,” Ivan Marunych shared.
This year the Ukraina Hotel celebrated 65-year anniversary. In that time it has become one of the most recognizable symbols of central Kyiv and has hosted more than one generation of the capital’s guests. Today the hotel is part of the ARS Capital holding of Ukrainian entrepreneur Maksym Krippa.
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